Ice and Running Water
When the author Nan Shepherd was walking the Cairngorms in the 1940s, she once dedicated an entire day to studying the ice […]
Tag: Cairngorms
Following Nan Shepherd up Creag Dhubh
Creag Dhubh is the first hill Scottish writer Nan Shepherd climbed on her journey into the Cairngorms, described in her book The […]
On the Trail of the Highland Shepherd
We found the abandoned lamb at the edge of a field, bleating plaintively as it trotted towards us on wobbly legs, its […]
Of Reindeer and Rams Horns
Setting off for an overnight climb and camp in the Cairngorms, our mountain guide friend, John, tucked a shepherd’s crook down the […]
Stone and Sky on Angel’s Peak
On this night, eight years ago, I started writing my novel, Of Stone and Sky. It was the summer solstice here in […]
The Ospreys are Back!
The ospreys are back! It’s that exciting time of year in the Cairngorms when some of our most iconic species return for […]
October in the Cairngorms
“October is the coloured month,” Nan Shepherd wrote in The Living Mountain her now-celebrated account of her relationship with the Cairngorm range […]
Two-Book Deal For Merryn Glover’s Cairngorms
Friends and faithful readers of Writing the Way, I cannot tell you how happy I am to share this news with you. […]
Loch Insh Osprey
The ospreys have gone. I went away for a week and when I got back, the strath had slipped into autumn and the eyrie above Loch Insh was empty.
Loch Etchachan & Ben MacDui: A Cairngorms Photo Story
Living by the Spey, most of my walks into the Cairngorms are from the north-western side, such as the one to Angel’s […]